Author: MainePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutions
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Constitution of the State of Maine
Author: MaineCongressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure
Author: Paul MasonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781580249744
Category : Parliamentary practice
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Enactment of a Law
Author: Robert B. DovePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Acts and Resolves Passed by the ... Legislature of the State of Maine
Author: MaineSenate and House Journals
Author: Kansas. Legislature. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
How Our Laws are Made
Author: John V. SullivanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
In the Shadow of the Eagle
Author: Donna M. LoringPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Maine is the only state in the nation to have tribal representatives seated in its legislative body, a practice that began in the 1820s.
History of Piscataquis County, Maine
Author: Amasa LoringPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Piscataquis County (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Let the People Pick the President
Author: Jesse WegmanPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250221986
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
“Wegman combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College violates America’s ‘core democratic principles’ and should be done away with..." —Publishers Weekly The framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. To this day, millions of voters, and even members of Congress, misunderstand how it works. It deepens our national divide and distorts the core democratic principles of political equality and majority rule. How can we tolerate the Electoral College when every vote does not count the same, and the candidate who gets the most votes can lose? Twice in the last five elections, the Electoral College has overridden the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire system into question—and creating a false picture of a country divided into bright red and blue blocks when in fact we are purple from coast to coast. Even when the popular-vote winner becomes president, tens of millions of Americans—Republicans and Democrats alike—find that their votes didn't matter. And, with statewide winner-take-all rules, only a handful of battleground states ultimately decide who will become president. Now, as political passions reach a boiling point at the dawn of the 2020 race, the message from the American people is clear: The way we vote for the only official whose job it is to represent all Americans is neither fair nor just. Major reform is needed—now. Isn't it time to let the people pick the president? In this thoroughly researched and engaging call to arms, Supreme Court journalist and New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman draws upon the history of the founding era, as well as information gleaned from campaign managers, field directors, and other officials from twenty-first-century Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, to make a powerful case for abolishing the antiquated and antidemocratic Electoral College. In Let the People Pick the President he shows how we can at long last make every vote in the United States count—and restore belief in our democratic system.